Deconstructed Beef Wellington with Bleu Cheese Sauce

Well, maybe it is cold outside wherever YOU might be but around here we can just pretend it’s cold outside and snuggle up after this perfect “date night” meal – my Deconstructed Beef Wellington.

Sometimes in the “hustle and bustle” of the holidays, it’s hard to schedule some much needed down time. On the night BEFORE Christmas Eve, The Husband and I always try to have a quiet night together after the kids go to bed. We know it will be crazy for the next few days so a little unwind time is always good.

We love Beef Wellington and I thought it would be fun to put a new twist on a classic. It still takes a little effort but it’s definitely a lot easier than the traditional recipe. I love having little “short cuts” in my refrigerator and freezer at the holidays and every day and they make recipes like this {not to mention holiday baking!} so much easier.

Our favorite things about beef wellington are obviously the delicious beef tenderloin, the layer of duxelles {mushrooms minced with shallots and herbs and then sauteed in butter} and the puff pastry so we have all of that goodness included here, don’t worry.

I love working with puff pastry and I always make sure to have it on hand in my freezer for both sweet and savory recipes. I would definitely say it’s one of my favorite “go to” frozen staples. If you haven’t ventured out and tried it yet, I have to tell you it’s not scary at all and can be used in so many creative ways. I love that I can use what I need and keep the rest frozen until the next recipe.

Making the Duxelles is a piece of cake too. The food processor does the work and prep is only about 5 minutes. Love that. More time to light candles! 😉

You can see what the mixture looks like before the quick sauté. Super easy and aren’t you fancy having just made Duxelles?? 🙂

A quick little spread onto the puff pastry before the tenderloin and bleu cheese sauce…

So aside from a little prep, this recipe is really easy. If you look at the recipe below, you will see there are several things you are able to do at the same time!

This bleu cheese sauce is incredible. If you just don’t like bleu cheese you could use gorgonzola. Either are easy to find in the refrigerated section of your grocery store. I have yet to meet a cheese I don’t like so I love “cheesy” options! 😉

I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we did. You can print it below and for more information on how refrigerated and frozen items can provide awesome shortcuts you can take a look at the Easy Home Meals Website or Pinterest board for more great inspiration.

Do you have any relaxing holiday traditions or a holiday entertaining plan in place to make sure that the holidays aren’t overwhelming? As always, I’d love to hear all about it in the comments!

Pinned. Son had a day off and decided to try his hand at making beef wellington. It was good, but holy cow lots of work. So ever since that time, younger bro wants me to make it and I say HECK NO! This I can make, and we are all bleu cheese fans.